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Celebrating 20 Years!

“Volunteers don’t get paid for what they do, not because they are worthless but because they are priceless.”

In 1995 a small group of locals banded together to form the South Cottesloe Coastcare  Association to to achieve a more robust and diverse ecosystem for the Cottesloe foreshore. In 2001 it became Cottesloe Coastcare and extended its range along the 4 kilometres of the Cottesloe coast. In the twenty years since Cottesloe Coastcare has:

Attracted over $300,000 in grant funding to protect and revegetate the dunes by building ramp and fences, eradicating weeds and rabbits and paying for plants.

New ramp

New ramp

Seedlings sprouting

Seedlings sprouting

Erosion control

Erosion control

Planted over 30,000 plants in the natural areas of Cottesloe.

Melaleuca huegelii

Melaleuca huegelii

Templetonia retusa

Templetonia retusa

Hardenbergia

Hardenbergia

Dug, weeded and watered in all weathers and conditions.

Just a passing shower

Just a passing shower

Bucket line up

Bucket line up

A full blown gale

A full blown gale

Engaged with the local community at fairs and festivals to help them understand the importance of looking after our natural areas.

Cove rubbish report

Cove rubbish report

Cottesloe Hullaballo

Cottesloe Hullaballo

Frauke advising on plants

Frauke advising on plants

Worked with students from schools and universities to give them hands on experience with looking after the coast.

Cottesloe Primary School

Cottesloe Primary School

UWA helpers

UWA helpers

Our favourite cushion bush

Our favourite cushion bush

Attracted local sponsors and partnered with corporate groups who have helped us with their labour and funds.

Corporate muscle

Corporate muscle

Thanks Eric Street IGA

Thanks Eric Street IGA

Woodside at Dutch Inn

Woodside at Dutch Inn

Protected our precious  local wildlife.

Weedy sea dragon

Weedy sea dragon

Weedy sea dragon campaigners

Weedy sea dragon campaigners

Local native bees

Local native bees

Collected mountains of rubbish.

Rubbish collecting

Rubbish collecting

Rubbish collecting

Rubbish collecting

Rubbish effects - photo by Mark Binns

Rubbish effects – photo by Mark Binns

Had hours of fun with a group of like-minded locals who love the Cottesloe coast.

Christmas celebrations

Christmas celebrations

The gang

The gang

More celebrations

More celebrations

Cottesloe Coastcare Association

PO Box 32
Cottesloe WA 6911
info@cottesloecoastcare.org

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